Don't break the course if the grading policy is broken

2013-01-14 11:38:34 -05:00
parent 79e4c606fc
commit 602435fc60
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
@@ -228,7 +228,11 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
        if policy_dir:
            paths = [policy_dir + '/grading_policy.json'] + paths

-        policy = json.loads(cls.read_grading_policy(paths, system))
+        try:
+            policy = json.loads(cls.read_grading_policy(paths, system))
+        except ValueError:
+            system.error_tracker("Unable to decode grading policy as json")
+            policy = None
        
        # cdodge: import the grading policy information that is on disk and put into the
        # descriptor 'definition' bucket as a dictionary so that it is persisted in the DB